On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Clark, Patricia A. <clar...@ornl.gov> wrote: > There was a thread in January of 2012 discussing how to get tapes that are > already labeled with a block size that is too small, usually the default 64K, > to be relabeled in order to be the new block size set in bacula-sd.conf. One > of the recommendations was to erase the tape. Since I had almost 200 LTO-5 > tapes already labeled and otherwise empty, the erase time per tape runs > approx. 3 hours. No joy here.
you can do a fast erase with: mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind mt -f /dev/nst0 weof Make sure you get the drive right and you have the expected tape in the drive! Then you should be able to change the block size. As for the method mentioned in that thread, I have not tried it yet.. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
